Lachlan Smith​author of the Shamus Award Winning

Leo Maxwell Mystery Series

​"Fans of Scott Turow will relish Smith’s outstanding fourth Russian nesting doll of a whodunit featuring San Francisco lawyer Leo Maxwell ... The plotting is impeccable, and Smith adds even more layers to his complex lead, while creating a San Francisco as morally ambiguous as Turow’s Kindle County."​-- Publisher's Weekly (Starred AND BOXED Review)​

​ "Operating at the top of his game, Smith is as good as anyone writing today at combining a mystery with the overlay of existential dread that noir fans cherish." -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred and Boxed ReviewA Publisher's Weekly Pick for Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2017AmazonBarnes & NoblePowell's

"The complex family dynamics that Smith explored in his earlier books only become more intriguing in his superlative third Leo Maxwell mystery ... Smith is masterly in creating realistic courtroom scenes... ​-- Publisher's Weekly, starred and boxed review

​ ​"The characters got me hooked, the legal story got me to stay, and the originality of the telling stuck with me when I was finished.”​--Mystery Scene on Fox is Framed

Lachlan Smith has done the impossible--written a riveting debut novel that stands with the best legal thrillers on my bookshelf. In Bear is Broken, Smith establishes a commanding presence, a gift for complex plotting, and an ability to create richly drawn characters who draw the reader into the action from the opening scene.”--Linda Fairstein, bestselling author of Night Watch, on Bear Is Broken.​“LACHLAN SMITH BRINGS THE CULTURE OF THE COURTHOUSE AND THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS TO LIFE IN THISEXCELLENT DEBUT.”--ALAFAIR BURKE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE EX, ON BEAR IS BROKEN